COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Steel futures COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), net long positions held by non-reporting traders in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 368 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 338 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. The weekly time series shown in the chart has a total of 572 data points. The span of time covered by the series stretches from May 2012 to January 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics computed on the entire sample: positions had a mean of 126 contracts; they recorded a maximum of 618 on 31 May 2022; they reached a trough of -1,082 on 9 December 2014.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 184.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 338.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 368.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in steel futures |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of contracts |
| Source | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain information |
| Other information | Specific future: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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